Hi [thanks to everyone for advice on Recall() and sapply()] The R FAQ section 2.8 discusses how to cite R in publications, but does not (AFAICS) tell me how to describe R in a sentence. To wit, in my latest paper (destined for Rnews) one sentence reads: "The R programming language (3) has been applied . . ." where reference (3) is R Core 2004. Now, the referee has pointed out that the expression "R computer language" is not to be encouraged, as R is an implementation of the S language. How would the List rephrase my sentence above? I also use the phrase "R code", which the referee flags for rewording (on similar grounds to the above). Any suggestions for this? -- Robin Hankin Uncertainty Analyst Southampton Oceanography Centre European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK tel 023-8059-7743
Inline below. -- Bert Gunter Genentech Non-Clinical Statistics South San Francisco, CA> > The R FAQ section 2.8 discusses how to cite R in > publications, but does > not (AFAICS) tell > me how to describe R in a sentence. > > To wit, in my latest paper (destined for Rnews) one sentence reads: > > "The R programming language (3) has been applied . . .""The R software package (3) ... "> > where reference (3) is R Core 2004. > > Now, the referee has pointed out that the expression "R computer > language" is not > to be encouraged, as R is an implementation of the S language. > > How would the List rephrase my sentence above? > > > > I also use the phrase "R code", which the referee flags for > rewordingGet a new referee.> (on similar > grounds to the above). > > Any suggestions for this? > > > > > -- > Robin Hankin > Uncertainty Analyst > Southampton Oceanography Centre > European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK > tel 023-8059-7743 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >
I have used "the R statistical computing environment". No-one has ever asked me to change it, but maybe someone else has something better. Hope this helps, Matt Wiener -----Original Message----- From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Robin Hankin Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 8:30 AM To: R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] R FAQ 2.8 Hi [thanks to everyone for advice on Recall() and sapply()] The R FAQ section 2.8 discusses how to cite R in publications, but does not (AFAICS) tell me how to describe R in a sentence. To wit, in my latest paper (destined for Rnews) one sentence reads: "The R programming language (3) has been applied . . ." where reference (3) is R Core 2004. Now, the referee has pointed out that the expression "R computer language" is not to be encouraged, as R is an implementation of the S language. How would the List rephrase my sentence above? I also use the phrase "R code", which the referee flags for rewording (on similar grounds to the above). Any suggestions for this? -- Robin Hankin Uncertainty Analyst Southampton Oceanography Centre European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK tel 023-8059-7743 ______________________________________________ R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Robin Hankin wrote:> Hi > > [thanks to everyone for advice on Recall() and sapply()] > > The R FAQ section 2.8 discusses how to cite R in publications, but does > not (AFAICS) tell > me how to describe R in a sentence. > > To wit, in my latest paper (destined for Rnews) one sentence reads: > > "The R programming language (3) has been applied . . ." > > where reference (3) is R Core 2004. > > Now, the referee has pointed out that the expression "R computer > language" is not > to be encouraged, as R is an implementation of the S language. > > How would the List rephrase my sentence above? >You might want to point the referee to the manual "R Language Definition" and cite the sentcence "The R language is a dialect of S [...]" from the Introduction of that manual. Uwe Ligges> > > I also use the phrase "R code", which the referee flags for rewording > (on similar > grounds to the above). > > Any suggestions for this? > > > > > -- > Robin Hankin > Uncertainty Analyst > Southampton Oceanography Centre > European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK > tel 023-8059-7743 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
In a paper for which I recently received reviews, I have the sentence "Statistical analyses were carried out with the R statistical system (R Development Core Team, 2004)." Reviewers did not complain (about that). The particular journal falls in the domain of applied psychology. -Dave Braze On Friday, April 1, 2005 at 8:30:22 AM, Robin Hankin wrote: RH> Hi RH> [thanks to everyone for advice on Recall() and sapply()] RH> The R FAQ section 2.8 discusses how to cite R in publications, but does RH> not (AFAICS) tell RH> me how to describe R in a sentence. RH> To wit, in my latest paper (destined for Rnews) one sentence reads: RH> "The R programming language (3) has been applied . . ." RH> where reference (3) is R Core 2004. RH> Now, the referee has pointed out that the expression "R computer RH> language" is not RH> to be encouraged, as R is an implementation of the S language. RH> How would the List rephrase my sentence above? RH> I also use the phrase "R code", which the referee flags for rewording RH> (on similar RH> grounds to the above). RH> Any suggestions for this? -- Dave Braze mailto:braze at haskins.yale.edu